STRINGFELLOW. British. A very early experimenter. In 1868 he evolved a
triplane model.
SUETER (Capt. R. N.) British. In command of British Navy dirigible
section, 1911. Admiralty Air Dept., 1912-13.
SURCOUF (Edward Louis), 33 Boulevard Lannes, Paris. Born 1862. Chev.
Leg. d'Hon. Secretary Com. Sport Ae. C. F. Sec. Com. Aerienne Mixte.
Director of the _Astra_ Societe. Constructor of the majority of
French dirigibles.
SWANN (Rev. Sydney), The Vicarage, Crosby Ravensworth, Westmoreland,
England. First clerical aviator. Ceased.
SYKES (Major F. H.) Officer Commandant in Charge of Records, Royal
Flying Corps, Military Wing.
TABUTEAU. French aviator. Winner of the Michelin Trophy.
TADDEOLI. Swiss. First Swiss to obtain an aviator's certificate, which
he did on a _Dufaux_, October, 1910. Badly injured at Lausanne,
June, 1911, during exhibition flights. 1912, built a
hydro-aeroplane.
TATIN (Victor), 14 Rue de la Folie-Reynault, Paris. Chev Leg. d'Hon.
Born 1843. Commenced heavier than air experiments so long ago as
1879, when he made an aeroplane driven by compressed air. Designed
the _Ville de Paris_. Had a good deal to do with the _Bleriot_ in
its early days. In 1909 designed the _Clement-Bayard_ monoplane.
Associated with Paulhan in 1911. Writes on all aerial subjects.
TAYLOR (Vincent P.) Australian subject. Well-known aeronaut, using the
_nom de plume_ of Capt. Penfold. In 1912 went in for aeroplaning,
using a _Bristol_.
TISSANDIER (Gaston). French Pioneer aeronaut. Made an
electrically-propelled dirigible in 1881. Born 1843. Died 1899.
TISSANDIER (Paul), 17 Avenue Victor Hugo, Paris. Son of Gaston
Tissandier. Born 1881. Instructor of aviation. Taught many of the
best known aviators.
TURNBULL (W. R.) American Engineer. In the year 1906 commenced to
experiment with hydro-aeroplanes; and may be regarded as the
originator of all experiments in this direction. The French
_Gabardine_ of much later date did not differ materially from his
early models, while the more recent _Fabre_ and the successful
_Curtiss Triad_ embodied similar ideas.
TURNER (Charles E.) Authority on aviation matters, special aerial
correspondent of the _Observer_, etc.
TURNER (Lewis W. F.) British. Chief pilot of the Ewen School, 1912.
TWINING (S. Frisco). Cal. U.S.A. Experimenter with flappers, man
propelled, from 1910 onward.
USBORNE (Lieut. Neville F.), R.N. First British naval officer detailed
for aerial work. Was appointed to _Clement-Bayard II_ in 1909, and
subsequently to the first Naval Dirigible. 1912, Naval Wing, R.F.C.
VANNIMAN (Melvin). Built the gondola of the first _Wellman_ airship, and
intimately concerned with _Wellman II_. Also designed a triplane
1908. Designed _Akron_, 1911. Killed 1911.
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